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• iPhone 5c Pre-Orders to Begin at 12:01 AM Pacific Time on Friday, September 13 – You’ll have to wait a week to order the iPhone 5S online, or to pick one up at a retail store. • The IPhone’s Secret Flights From China to Your Local Apple Store – Fascinating details about how Apple’s …

• Veto of Apple Ruling Likely to Upend Big Patent Battles – The president’s decision to overrule an ITC ban on older iPhones and iPads could impact the way companies approach patent cases. And South Korea says concerned about U.S. decision on some Apple models • GM’s plan to turn the car into a smartphone …

• The State of Google Reader Replacements – Google Reader dies on Monday. Alternatives have been in the works for some time, this item rounds up the status of the major ones. Also The Big Comparison Of Google Reader RSS Feed Alternatives • Android 4.3 Available To Test For Adventurous Galaxy S4 Owners – It’s …

• Important Message from Facebook’s White Hat Program and Facebook archive tool exposed contact info for 6 million users – Because of a bug, the feature that lets you download all your data from Facebook accidentally exposed the email addresses and phone numbers for 6 million users. • U.S. charges Snowden with espionage – The …

Google is shutting down its RSS reader on July 1 – two weeks from now. That’s problematic because Google provides access to its servers to developers, who have built other products around it. The apps that use Google Reader’s API will also quit working on July 1 as a result. …

• Web companies begin releasing surveillance information after U.S. deal – The companies that get hit with requests for surveillance data have reached an agreement with the U.S. government that allows the release of some details about the requests. They’ve begun to release the data: Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security Requests and Microsoft’s …

• Federal Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them – The letters included a gag order forbidding the recipients from discussing them, which the court found violated free speech. • Security blogger Brian Krebs suffers simultaneous cyber attack, police raid – At the same time a denial-of-service attack is launched on his website, someone …

Every now and then, Google’s executives take a look at the search giant’s portfolio and decide it’s time to get rid of products that don’t align with the current version of its mission. Services and software that are underused get discarded, which of course is upsetting to those who still use them. On Wednesday, this …

• Powering Down Google Reader – Google will shutter its RSS reading Web app, Google Reader, on July 1. That also means other apps that use it to sync their feeds will no longer be able to do so after that date. It’s just one of many services Google is closing as it pares down …